MY fifteen present.

My fifteen present.

Four years ago my parents gave an amazing present as a fifteen present, it was: a trip to Canada.

It was very exciting for me because i was only fifteen years and i traveled alone, well just with other teenager's girls. I was ten days in this amazing country. We visit the principal touristic places, for example: Montreal, Ottawa, Qauebec, Niagara Falls and Toronto.

• Montreal: It was the city where we arrived, the people at the airport was very friendly and helps us to learn some Canadian words, it was very funny. Is the largest city in the province of Quebec and teh second-largest city in Canada. The palce taht I loved here was The Biodome, it's like a zoo, where you can see different kind of animals in them ecosystems, like jungle and North Pole, it was interesting because the weather and the decoration change in every ecosystem and that make this visit an unforgettable experience.


• Quebec: It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population, and he only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level. It was difficult to understand the people here. quebec is Canada's largest province by area. The most amazing place for me in Quebec was: The BAsilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre and Oratoire Saint-Joseph.

• Ottawa and Toronto: Ottawa, the capital of the country and Toronto, the most important economic city in Canada that places weren't very interesting for me, because there were a lot of buildings like in Mexico City. The place that i would like to visit again was the underground city, where we visited around 100 stores.


• Niagara Falls: Are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, stradding the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S state of New York. The Falls are 27 km. Here we had a dinner in Planet Hollywood next to the Falls. At nigt we could see the light show, it was the most amazing experience during my trip. we also visited the amusement park, where we found many international stores, museums and video games.

The most amazing places for me was: Quebec and Niagara Falls. Quebec because it looks like and old village, the houses are small, but amazing, you can ride a horse, and the foof here is delicious. The best experience was when we board a ship where we cross the falls.

Well that's my amazing experience in Canada.

"Las Tortas de la Barda"

"Tortas de la Barda"

The “Torta de la barda” was created for the first time in Tampico, Tamaulipas; its creator was Mr. Jose Maria Bracamontes.

He had the fabulous idea to sell tortas next to a wall by the train rails and the wharf of the city. You can find it near to market zone.

Soon in spite of the success obtained by this tortas, were spread trough the whole city and the suburbs.

Nowadays this tortas are known in everywhere like tortas de la barda. The importance of this tortas in Tampico’s Society is the identity acquired compared to other tortas styles from different places in Mexican Republic, such as Tortas Ahogadas from Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Currently and since several decades ago, this kind of tortas became the preferred ones in the region as they turned into a symbol from the culinary point of view.

Now, big supermarkets, not only national but also international, include this product in its bakery line or prepared food.